Dashonte Riley

[nyg]

Don't know if anybody saw/posted this. There had been discussions regarding Riley previously and his de-committment from Georgetown, but....wow.   

Per Scouts, Riley a 6ft10, 220 lb. center has been offered by MU and will take an official visit on Saturday 1/10/09 (WVA game).

[ATWizJr]

Wow!  This could be big.  What do we know about Riley i.e., how do the various services rate him?

[JSwarriors08]

See previous threads below:

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=10941.0
http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=11095.0

[nyg]

Seems things have changed since that last thread.  Can you imagine a center with this sort of talent even considering us, let alone actually making an official visit.

[JSwarriors08]

It would be pretty sick.  With the talent we already have coming in I think I would start to drool.  Go Buzz!

[StillAWarrior]

What's with all these Irish kids at (or interested in) Marquette:  McNeal, O'Tule (I refuse to use the little winking guy), McMorrow, Cadougan, Riley...

By the way, does anyone know if the announcers yesterday were pronouncing Otule's name properly?  Is it really "o-TOO-lay"?

[LON]

What's with all these Irish kids at (or interested in) Marquette:  McNeal, O'Tule (I refuse to use the little winking guy), McMorrow, Cadougan, Riley...

By the way, does anyone know if the announcers yesterday were pronouncing Otule's name properly?  Is it really "o-TOO-lay"?

Until he got into the game the first time (W. Carolina, I think) the BC announcer said  "o-too-lay" and I did a double take, I guess that is the correct pronunciation.

[Marquette Gyros]

Until he got into the game the first time (W. Carolina, I think) the BC announcer said  "o-too-lay" and I did a double take, I guess that is the correct pronunciation.

Trying to figure out what the other pronunciation would be... 

You guys didn't really think it'd be pronounced "O'Toole", did you?

[Muhoops85]

Pg 208 of media guide has the phonetic pronunciations and it says "oh-tool-ay"

[Niv Berkowitz]

Rivals said he was a five-star now down to a three-star. That's all I could find on him.

[LON]

Trying to figure out what the other pronunciation would be... 

You guys didn't really think it'd be pronounced "O'Toole", did you?

I didn't think there was the "lay" ending sound to it, I knew it wasn't spelled like it's Irish so I have that going for me...

[bma725]

Riley is #57 in the current RSCI.

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/recruiting/rsci2008.htm

Everyone except for Rivals has him in the top 75 in the country. 

He was higher rated but has dropped recently because of questions about his effort and committment.

[nyg]

That ranking is higher than Maymon's in BMA's thread attachment.   He's a keeper, please.

[MUWeb7]

Reel him in Buzz. 

[club cheezes VIP lounge]

wow, great news he's gonna be here on saturday...thanks for the update.

[Niv Berkowitz]

According to contacts in Ann Arbor, UM is not too high on him due to the additional "stuff" you pick up by recruiting a player from AAU's "The Family" (his AAU team).

[Wareagle]

According to contacts in Ann Arbor, UM is not too high on him due to the additional "stuff" you pick up by recruiting a player from AAU's "The Family" (his AAU team).

If this is true, hopefully Lake Michigan serves as an adequate buffer.

[Niv Berkowitz]

I hope so. But, Riley also said that he was wanting to play away from home. Milwaukee's a great buffer from the D. 40 minute plane, five hour drive.

C'mon Mr. Riley, Milwaukee is waitin!

[4everwarriors]

What, a legit bigman actually considering MU? Wait, Crean isn't employed here any longer.

[downtown85]

I would love to get this guy.  However, I never thought I would be saying this so soon but if he comes and say Cubes leaves (there's been rumors of that on another board) wouldn't we be a little light on guards next year?  We would need to pull out all the stops to get a decent PG (at least for back up reasons) and a top-rated SG in 2010 to keep the balance. 

[MU B2002]

... stops to get a decent PG (at least for back up reasons)  

Am I wrong or won't we still have Acker in backup capacity to Caudogan(sp)?

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Am I wrong or won't we still have Acker in backup capacity to Caudogan(sp)?

You are correct.

[Warrior Forever]

Riley is playing against my nephew's team in Ann Arbor on Friday so I'll give a first person account over the weekend.

Go Warriors.  Crush the Scarlet Knights.

[MR.HAYWARD]

everything i have read about Riley states he is an all-world athlete and has great skills.  the only issue is his commitment and work ethic as to why he has dropped apparently at the Lebron cmap he walked and pouted alot and dropped in the rankings big time.  NBa draft express compares him to deandre jordan and says the only thing keeping him from a lottery pick is himself.  i have no problem with signing a kid like this.  he will either come in and work or he will leave and be quickly for gotten and replaced.  if he washes out we dont have all our eggs in one basket as we still have otule and mcmorrow. the nice thing about Buzz is it appears he is not only committed to signing bigs so we can compete but it also appears he can get them on campus.    ahh smell the fresh air.

[Pakuni]

What, a legit bigman actually considering MU? Wait, Crean isn't employed here any longer.

Brian Butch
Nick Fazekas
Chas McFarland
Kirk Walters
Shaun Pruitt
Ahmad Nivins
Mac Koshwal

Crean had plenty of legit big men considering MU.
Landing them ... well, that's another story.